Kaine was unveiled as Clinton’s choice at a rally at Florida International University in Miami July 23, where he pointedly noted that he has never lost an election in a political career that began back in 1994.

“I’m 8-0, and I promise you, I’m not about to let that change, especially when Donald Trump stands in the way of progress on every single one of these issues that Hillary has laid out as part of her campaign,” he said.

Kaine, 58, is serving his first term in the Senate. He served as governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010, lieutenant governor from 2002 to 2006 and as mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2001.

A Roman Catholic, Kaine served as a Jesuit missionary in Honduras and speaks fluent Spanish. He and his wife, Anne, have three children.

Kaine’s selection as Clinton’s running mate ends a long drought for the Old Dominion in presidential politics. The last time a major party nominated a Virginian to a presidential ticket was in 1840, when John Tyler was nominated by the Whigs.

President Woodrow Wilson was a native Virginian, although he had moved to New Jersey by the time of his election in 1912.